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Super funds support PRI statement on slavery

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... retailers admitted to stocking seafood from a Thai company accused of using slave labour. The PRI said an investigation by Associated Press revealed that some of the workers were children who've said they work under the threat of violence. IFM Investors ...

BTFG announces giant Panorama leap

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... chief executive said while the industry is facing short-term headwinds from volatility and the uncertainty and costs associated with regulatory change, the longer term prospects are positive. "We have been improving our market leading wealth solutions ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... financial instability in terms of financial distress and unemployment and are more attuned to the behavioural risks associated with risk cultures and financial innovations." More specifically the risk from the re-acceleration in investment lending in ...

Folkestone winds up fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... 2014. Folkestone expects to receive a performance fee of about $800,000 in June 2017 when the limited retention period associated with the asset sale expires and the fund is wound up. "Although the fund was originally established with a six-year term ...

Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... funds do not have chief executives, their trustees run multiple PDS-ed products and their executives usually work for associated service providers rather than the fund itself. Australia's leading funds for female strategic management influence in 2016 ...

Kaplan uses AI to stop adviser social media blunders

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... identifying "risky" language in real-time. Artemis, developed by Kaplan and regtech firm Red Marker, checks compliance issues associated with online posts promoting financial services and products while an adviser is writing them. It analyses web pages ...

Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... technology and securities market regulation. The IOSCO Research Report on Financial Technology notes several risks associated with fintech, including the rise of unlicensed cross-board activity, programming errors in algorithms that underlie automation ...

AMP cops short-term pain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... and posting an operating loss of $415 million for 2016. "We took the decision to reset the business; take the pain associated with that and reduce the impact wealth protection would have on future group earnings...We also entered into an agreement to ...

Hunter Hall independent review rejects WHSP takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... closing price of Hunter Hall shares on January 31. The statement said WHSP's offer is "neither fair nor reasonable to non-associated Hunter Hall shareholders," assessing the fair value of Hunter Hall shares to be between $2.75 and $3.20, versus the $1 ...

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... draining. Somewhere out there we need some way of transforming our conception of retirement away from recreation and the associated consumption and towards a re-creation of a higher purpose," Fahy said. "That would sit uncomfortably with many people. ...